Students Visit Japan for Cultural Experience
In June, seven upper school students visited Japan along with US Japanese teacher Masako Onakado and nurse Clare Elchert to experience the country’s rich…
Summer
Orchestra Workshop Closes With Concert
Summer Orchestra campers lugging large musical instruments were a common sight around campus in June and July – and some of the instruments were…
Camp Chronicle Grows Budding Journalists
For 10 days students researched, wrote, edited and took photographs, and finished up designing news pages. Nineteen intrepid, aspiring middle school journalists gathered this…
Fourth Annual Teachers Institute Draws Educators from Around the Area
In mid-June, teachers from around the Bay Area attended the fourth annual Harker Teacher Institute held in Nichols Hall. Kicked off with a keynote…
Kindergartners Play, Prepare for Fall in Summer Program
Morning and afternoon on the Bucknall campus, Harker’s youngest summer campers are energetically enjoying toys, climbing on play equipment and getting to know each…
Math Students Correct Textbook Errors
This summer, Harker math students took on a writing project. Teacher Margaret Harris’ pre-algebra class wrote letters to the publisher of their textbook regarding…
Harker Promotes ELI, Meets Alumni in Asia
This past spring Harker hosted a series of receptions in Asia for Harker’s English Language Institute (ELI) and to reconnect with several alumni now…
Schatz Reports on Australian Exchange
Naomi Schatz, US psychology teacher, flew to Australia in May as part of Harker’s teacher exchange program. Throughout the summer, she will be sharing…
Students and Faculty Trek to Switzerland
In June US Spanish teacher Diana Moss, K-Gr. 5 dean of students Joe Connolly and several students headed to Switzerland to visit with the…
New and Improved: Changes to Summer Reading
The librarians at Harker are striving to make the summer reading activity more fun and more flexible. We believe that leisure reading is one…